Details for Site of Draco
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5497004770
Data
| Marker Number | 4770 |
| Atlas Number | 5497004770 |
| Marker Title | Site of Draco |
| Index Entry | Draco, Site of |
| Address | CR 3555 |
| City | Paradise |
| County | Wise |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 617142 |
| UTM Northing | 3663481 |
| Subject Codes | monuments; ghost towns |
| Marker Year | 1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Bridgeport, take FM 2123 south about 7 miles south, turn east onto Brown Meadows Road, turn south onto CR 3555, and continue about 1 mile to marker, on east side of highway. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 28" x 18" |
| Marker Text | Settled in the early 1880s, the rural community of Draco was originally called Tylewater. The name was changed when a U.S. Post Office was granted in 1883, with W. J. Mann as first postmaster. The community soon boasted two churches, a school, general store, blacksmith shop, public well, gin, and horse racing track. After the post office was discontinued in 1889, the community began to decline. The school remained open until 1933, when it was consolidated with the Paradise school system. The last remaining building in Draco was moved in 1937. |